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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: Zippy on February 05, 2007, 07:51 PM
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Assuming there is a summer series this year I was wondering who was going to be racing. It'd be great to see some more faces turn up and become regulars. If it's anything like the last two years old school will be the busiest class for sure.
I'll start by throwing my hat in the ring and announce my full return to fitness so I'm all ready for another season of thrills and spills. Mostly spills :LolLolLolLol:
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I may just race my cruiser this year
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i have nearly finnished building my standard cruiser , just need back wheel .
gonna give racing a try this year, cant wait :)
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announce my full return to fitness
WHAT DO YOU MEAN "RETURN TO FITNESS" - I DON'T REMEMBER YOU BEING THAT FIT IN THE FIRST PLACE :LolLolLolLol:
Will be there this year and like you will be trying to stay in one piece of rthe whole season this time !
Chris
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me ;D
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summer series dates should be announced by march.waiting on regional dates and then ok dates with terry from youth centre.
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Iiiiiiii be there. :daumenhoch:
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I will be there in spirit :)
Please post loads of juicy pics of the old school racing, just had an e-mail from extremepervert, he says due to the mega high calibre of you old school hot rods there will be random drug testing :LolLolLolLol:
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I swear Dave is a 16 year old whippet of a kid dressed in a fat mans suit. :LolLolLolLol:
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I swear Dave is a 16 year old whippet of a kid dressed in a fat mans suit. :LolLolLolLol:
I don't think so Simon, I tried to hire a "fat mans suit" and nowhere could I get one THAT big!! :LolLolLolLol:
I suppose at a push I might ride Hersden this year :2funny: but I'm suffering the effects of a heavy Xmas and a stressful few months so have piled all my weight back on again but all that could change. It's only the advancing of age that's my real handicap. Humps
PS: I know when the Summer Series dates are!! :P :P But sworn to secrecy until Friday week.
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I swear Dave is a 16 year old whippet of a kid dressed in a fat mans suit. :LolLolLolLol:
No - Dave keeps a 16 year old girl tucked up his jumper !
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any news on the hersden summer meets yet ?
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well im hopein to make a few that dont clash with work so there will be someone for humps to beat :LolLolLolLol: is iv piled on the pounds to n its cheeper than motorcycle racin :) well thats wot iv told the wife :angel:
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someone for humps to beat
Thanks Russell. I was going out in the garage on the exercise bike to improve my fitness after Sunday's pathetic attempt round 'nham where my legs 'fell apart' after the first moto. But with incentives like this I might not bother!! Looking forward to banging bars at Hersden now that I've modified the HAWK as my mid-skool ride. Humps
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was going to wait for a bit to post the dates but as your so keen here we go.
rnd 1 mon apr 9th
rnd 2 sun apr 29th
rnd 3 sun may 13th
rnd 4 sat june 9th
rnd 5 sun july 15th
rnd 6 sun aug 12th
these dates are subject to change so please check site nearer the dates.
none of these dates clash with any south region races but a couple clash with the odd e/a or national.cant do much about that but very few of our riders race these so we decided to go ahead.
best 5 rounds from 6 this year so if you have to miss a race its not the end of the world.
please do not ask to have dates changed for holidays, weddings etc.
medals/trophys at the meetings plus the best end of season trophys in the country bar none.you must do 3 meetings to qualify for a trophy.
i'm sure tony will fill you all in on the finer details.this is our 3rd season at hersden so lets hope its another good'un.cheers,justin.
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Bring it on hommies 8)
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Oh yeah :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
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Rock n Roll
Some I can do this year :D
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I thought Justin would announce those tonight, these were decided at a heated AGM in the rest room at Royal Mail Canterbury over some tea and coffee and some cheese sarnies.
What Justin didnt mention was that we have earmarked a date in September and one in October in case we lost a meeting or two to bad weather, so we dont have that mad rush we had last August and everyone gets plenty of notice ;D ;D ;D.
Points will be awarded the same as the previous two years, I will confirm all that before racing on Easter Monday.
All RADBMX members are welcome to race OLD SKOOL of course and I hope you all stay injury free .
Plus anybody out there knows of any Cruiser riders that would be interested in Hersden tell them to get down to the track as they were a bit thin on the ground in 2006.
SEE YOU ALL SOON
TK THE MIC
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oooo iv moded the dyno a little to its got white tuffs now n my lads goin to have a go on a haro fst im buildin now looks like its goin to be fun
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I was thinkin of runnin tuffs this year, keep it real :4_17_5:
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I was thinking of racing my Custom Aero Pro this year instead of the Robinson. That would mean not taking it that serious though. :LolLolLolLol:
The thing is though since being restored it's never been ridden and it would be a shame to use it.
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Surely you meant "It would be a shame NOT to use it"? It's a bike after all, it was made to be ridden.
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I'm normally of the same point of view Graeme, but this is so minty minty it's untrue and I was thinking of entering it into the show and shine at MK this year. As well as my other Aero Pro.
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Next thing you know you'll not be fitting a chain. ::)
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It's going on this weekend.
It's only my Chrome Aero pro that doesn't 'yet' have a chain, My white one has one fitted and tensioned. :LolLolLolLol:
I'm probably going to sell the Chrome one though. :(
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I will hopefully get myself down to Hersden for some old school racing. I have just checked multi map and it is only about an hour from me :daumenhoch:
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mmmm what shall i race this year. will it be the haro or should i say a chioce of haro's or my auburn..................???????
.......................no it will have to be the new hutch me thinks. :coolsmiley:
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mmmm what shall i race this year. will it be the haro or should i say a chioce of haro's or my auburn..................???????
.......................no it will have to be the new hutch me thinks. :coolsmiley:
Hutch you say... hmmmmmm
I can see a visit up to yours is in order. :LolLolLolLol:
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don't get to excited its the crappy tiawan made hutch.........however in the usual wolfy fasion it will still look very cool :coolsmiley:
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don't get to excited its the crappy tiawan made hutch.........however in the usual wolfy fasion it will still look very cool :coolsmiley:
ooo its quite exciting cant wait to check out the bikes !!!!!
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Not a REAL Hutch then !
Could lend you one of mine (the Rusty one of course) ;D
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yes but still gonna kick ass ;D
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I am currentlley working on some press releases going to the papers in the Dover, Canterbury, Folkestone and Thanet areas, about Hersden. If any body could think of any other ares in Kent that would benefit from these, I would be grateful.
Keep spreading the word.
TK the MIC :smiley6600: :smiley6600:
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you gonna have some poster/flyers we can print and post up at all
they were quite a good idea
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Points will be awarded the same as the previous two years, I will confirm all that before racing on Easter Monday.
Just a thought, But have you considered using the Formula System like EA do for their winter series?
Goes something like this i think:
Formula 1 - 17+ (all riders no matter what bike your on)
Formula 2 - 14-16
Formula 3 - 11-13
Formula 4 - 8-10
Formula 5 - 7 and under
Obviously you can change the age ranges or add for formulas
After every round the top riders get promoted up to the next formula, and the lowest scoring riders get demoted to the next one down. Then as the series progreses, all riders end up racing people of their ability.
Here is the point system they use:
Race Series Points
Position Moto (Each) D Final C Final B Final A Final
1 4 4 12 20 38
2 3.5 3.5 11 19 35
3 3 3 10 18 32
4 2.5 2.5 9 17 30
5 2 2 8 16 28
6 1.5 1.5 7 15 26
7 1 1 6 14 24
8 0.5 0.5 5 13 22
Bonus points for making quarters. 2
Bonus points for making semis. 4
Lower riders move down one class at their next round and recieve -6 bonus points
Top riders move up one class at their next round and recieve + 6 bonus points
Works really well in the EA winter races.
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Trouble is we're old and senile. just remembering what gates we've got in the next race is taxing.
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All ideas are welcome, but we are only a small club and that system might be taxing for our points ajudicater who only has a certain amount of time after racing to work it all out (i.e me) :idiot2: :idiot2:
TK the MIC
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he he he
tone repaet after "kev your in the run off yes ? no ?"
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:LolLolLolLol:
We're going to ban you from any run offs you may qualify for this season otherwise there will be nobody available to video the races. ;D ;D ;D
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:LolLolLolLol:
its meddle turn this year
i been in training
well i say training i mean the pub
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Will Meddle be racing this year then?
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i hope else i will have to drive myself
i think his ankle is sorted now
pretty sure he's at rom & chalton again now
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After screwing up my daughters season last year, I damn well have to be racing this year. Still on the Assassin, still on the tuffs.
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Usual crew then, cant wait :4_17_5:
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Looking forward to it and have to make sure the bike is finished in time. ;)
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this years plans include
two footed gates
and small doubles - either dirt or jack daniels poss both !!!
weapon of choice
what you all riding this season then
me i will have the 87 Free Agent long pro again
and maisy hopefully will have this build ready
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v603/kdw712/maisy%20huffy/maisynearlythere.jpg)
just a few bits to get
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hay thats nice Kev :coolsmiley: Old school feel with the tyres.
I'll be on the Haro again with some new bits........i fancies a change.
And yeah your right gotta clear those back doubles for sure. :daumenhoch:
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thanks :daumenhoch:
its a AL huffy frame with 1" ahead chromo forks
sent to me from the states for free - well covered the postage and drink or two
cranks are 152 suginos
wheels are 1 3/8 ukais (with suzue hubs i think)
panaracer knobblies for that proper OS look - plain black isn't the same
sharp lever grip
the rest is new skool
so when she out grows it i can use the OS bits on a mini build - eh eh cunning plan or what :coolsmiley:
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oh need to cutr the steerer tube down a tad too
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I'll be on my new Robinso Pro XL, just finalising the parts list at the moment. I've got some parts going off to the anodisers next week so hopefully it will all be bck in time for some race action.
If not I might have to race one of my aero pros. :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
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anyone willing to design a series poster for me would get free entry for the season.email for the details.once the poster has been done then we could do a print off and post thread.i'm not to good with the whole graphic design thing and this would really help me out.email me at jazzyje@hotmail.com.cheers,justin.
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The advertising campaign is now underway, the posters and details of the Summer Series are now in the hands of the local papers in East Kent, I've had four enquiries about photos from last year. E -mailed a load off, hope thats ok with you Kev? All we are doing now is waiting for them to go in, gave them my mobile number for anyone wanting more info.
Fingers crossed for a good response.
Many thanks to justin for the e-mailing he has done this week, it will be worth it!
TK the MIC
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sounds great to me tone
you guys are doing a top job as always
if you have a link to the posters we can print some out to put into local bike shops like OT's etc
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you can emailing it to me at work
williamsonkd at halcrow.com
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Got justin to send it to phil after he finishes work, being as my emails wont send for some reason >:( >:(.
Have a look tonight or tomorrow for it and keep spreading the word.
TK the Mic
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its gonna be a good year
bigger and better :)
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Oooh yeah 8)
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Just hoping we have a injury free season for all of us.
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Finished the new race bike today.
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y80/hondadominator/DSCF0068.jpg)
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Very nice - should be worth at least a second a lap ;)
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That'll be good because I've probably lost 3 seconds a lap in added weight. :LolLolLolLol:
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very nice
look fwd to watching it being dragged down the home straight to cries of "run zippy run" :LolLolLolLol: ;D
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Best get some rear view mirrors fitted to my bike so I can see it in the race :LolLolLolLol:
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And some glasses so that you can see it i the distance up front. :LolLolLolLol:
Just for those occasions that Darren knocks you off. :daumenhoch:
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and so the pre season banter begins - lovin' it already
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Any Gate practice sessions planned before the start of the season?